Relief bill remains up in air

I have to agree with Pelosi on the terms of another stimulus bill. The GOP wants to try and solve this by primarily helping the top, while the Dems are trying to stop the bottom from falling out.

Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume

WASHINGTON (AP) - Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging.

The White House is seeking opportunities to boost President Donald Trump, like another round of $1,200 stimulus payments and extending the supplemental jobless benefit and partial eviction ban. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democratic negotiator, appears intent on an agreement as well, but she's made it clear she needs big money for state and local governments, unemployment benefits and food aid.

About half the GOP Senators want nothing to do with Trump's Hotel revenue language (the FBI building). They are the half that claim they don't want to vote for anything. The other half are balking about the $600 Unemployment Insurance benefit though they would go for the $1,200 checks.

Nobody including GOP Senators gives a rats behind what Donnie wants any longer as they are already preparing for life after Donnie. So I don't think his FBI building language makes the cut. The next relief package is yet another issue Donnie has been all over the map on, first not wanting to do the $600 Unemployment benefit then threatening an EO to get it for a week. RIDICULOUS.

Donnie is probably trying to figure out how he can fit his COVID argument into this deal. "Ah...we need to pass a 1 week extension because we do more testing than anyone else". Yea....sure Donnie. That makes about as much sense as the rest of the gibberish excrement that comes out of your mouth.

grip said:

I have to agree with Pelosi on the terms of another stimulus bill. The GOP wants to try and solve this by primarily helping the top, while the Dems are trying to stop the bottom from falling out.

Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume

WASHINGTON (AP) - Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging.

The White House is seeking opportunities to boost President Donald Trump, like another round of $1,200 stimulus payments and extending the supplemental jobless benefit and partial eviction ban. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democratic negotiator, appears intent on an agreement as well, but she's made it clear she needs big money for state and local governments, unemployment benefits and food aid.

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GOP demands lowering the federal unemployment benefit from $600 a week to $200 a week. They also want $1.75 billion for a new FBI building on the small site of the existing one.

Memo to Pelosi: we need more funding also for PPE, for schools to deal with COVID properly, and for the US Post Office (mail-in balloting during the pandemic).

grip said:

I have to agree with Pelosi on the terms of another stimulus bill. The GOP wants to try and solve this by primarily helping the top, while the Dems are trying to stop the bottom from falling out.

Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume

WASHINGTON (AP) - Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging.

The White House is seeking opportunities to boost President Donald Trump, like another round of $1,200 stimulus payments and extending the supplemental jobless benefit and partial eviction ban. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democratic negotiator, appears intent on an agreement as well, but she's made it clear she needs big money for state and local governments, unemployment benefits and food aid.

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The last thing we need is giving people another $600/wk to stay out of work.

Mycroft said:

The last thing we need is giving people another $600/wk to stay out of work.

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If people don't have the money to purchase retail or pay bills, the corporations and small companies will die.

Mycroft said:

The last thing we need is giving people another $600/wk to stay out of work.

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There are jobs in the country for about 5M people of the 22M out of work. The usual right wing knee jerk oblivious mode is in full force I see.

Rogue Valley said:

GOP demands lowering the federal unemployment benefit from $600 a week to $200 a week. They also want $1.75 billion for a new FBI building on the small site of the existing one.

Memo to Pelosi: we need more funding also for PPE, for schools to deal with COVID properly, and for the US Post Office (mail-in balloting during the pandemic).

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The GOP needs to stop starving off the big urban centers from the money they have spend fighting COVID. That GOP effort has been rather transparent from the day it started.

Mycroft said:

The last thing we need is giving people another $600/wk to stay out of work.

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I know you were ordered to say that, but no, the last thing we need is giving people $200/wk, them losing their homes anyway and ending up out of the workforce for years and years, perhaps permanently. Guess what happens once millions and millions of people lose their homes and rentals? Landlords don't make money either. Banks don't get paid mortgage payments and cannot find anyone to sell their houses to. Job losses hit those sides. It ricochets all around.

Naturally, what you defend is as dishonest as it is ugly. They had months to figure this out. They chose not to. That created a crisis, according to them: that apparently $600/wk is terrible and we cannot do it. So now they're trying to use that crisis to justify an arbitrarily low number.

grip said:

If people don't have the money to purchase retail or pay bills, the corporations and small companies will die.

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Unfortunately, corporations and small companies will die if they don't have employees.

Mr Person said:

I know you were ordered to say that, but no, the last thing we need is giving people $200/wk, them losing their homes anyway and ending up out of the workforce for years and years, perhaps permanently. Guess what happens once millions and millions of people lose their homes and rentals? Landlords don't make money either. Banks don't get paid mortgage payments and cannot find anyone to sell their houses to. Job losses hit those sides. It ricochets all around.

Naturally, what you defend is as dishonest as it is ugly. They had months to figure this out. They chose not to. That created a crisis, according to them: that apparently $600/wk is terrible and we cannot do it. So now they're trying to use that crisis to justify an arbitrarily low number.

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People have already used the crisis to kill the economy.

The only thing that'll save it is letting business get back to work and not giving people taxpayer money to stay home.

Mycroft said:

The last thing we need is giving people another $600/wk to stay out of work.

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Mr Person said:

I know you were ordered to say that, but no, the last thing we need is giving people $200/wk, them losing their homes anyway and ending up out of the workforce for years and years, perhaps permanently. Guess what happens once millions and millions of people lose their homes and rentals? Landlords don't make money either. Banks don't get paid mortgage payments and cannot find anyone to sell their houses to. Job losses hit those sides. It ricochets all around.

Naturally, what you defend is as dishonest as it is ugly. They had months to figure this out. They chose not to. That created a crisis, according to them: that apparently $600/wk is terrible and we cannot do it. So now they're trying to use that crisis to justify an arbitrarily low number.

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Mycroft said:

People have already used the crisis to kill the economy.

The only thing that'll save it is letting business get back to work and not giving people taxpayer money to stay home.

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Moronic evasions noted.





MYCROFT REJECTED!

Mr Person said:

Moronic evasions noted.





MYCROFT REJECTED!

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So...your/Nancy's solution is to spend a couple more trillion dollars, pay people not to work, keep businesses closed...and kill the economy. Just so Dems can win the election.

Now THAT'S moronic.